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protein wisdom —
From the WSJ’s Political Diary : According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that “most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.” And — no surprise — 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. McCain. Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was “trying to hurt” Mrs. Palin with its coverage. Perhaps most troubling for the press corps, though, was this finding: “55% said media bias is a bigger problem for the electoral process than large campaign donations.” Wow. ...
Media Not Fooling the Public
Little Green Footballs —
This is what happens when advocacy journalism dominates the mainstream media.
According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that “most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.” And — no surprise — 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. McCain.
Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was “trying to hurt” Mrs. Palin with its coverage.
Perhaps most troubling for ...
Breakout?
Stubborn Facts —
My post below concluded by looking at some weekend poll numbers, but this one got past me: per Insty, a USA Today / Gallup poll puts McCain ahead of Obama 50%-46% among registered voters and 54%-44% of all respondents.
While we're at it, check out this from the WSJ:
According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that "most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win." And -- no surprise -- 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. ...
"Good heavens, are you still trying to win?"
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... According
to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that "most reporters try
to help the candidate they want to win." And -- no surprise -- 49%
of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while
just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. McCain. ...
The Media Folds A Hand
Winds of Change.NET —
From the NY Times:
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. ...
In media’s resentment
Yourish.com —
Brian Carney writes in the WSJ:
Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was “trying to hurt” Mrs. Palin with its coverage.
Perhaps most troubling for the press corps, though, was this finding: “55% said media bias is a bigger problem for the electoral process than large campaign donations.”
No doubt that’ the reason the editors of the Washington Post keep on harping on campaign donations. They hope the the public won’t scrutinize them too closely.
(via memeorandum) ...
Dissecting Leftism — Spare a moment to remember the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of insane hate who died on this day in the year 2001. And spare a thought for the loved-ones they left behind Sliming Palin Summary below from FactCheck.org. Details here We've been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain's running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading. * Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn't cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. * ...
